Re: How does it work? » Betty Gene

Posted by zinya on June 9, 2003, at 21:04:42

In reply to How does it work?, posted by Betty Gene on June 9, 2003, at 18:46:10

Hi Betty Gene,
I think the single best comment in your favor in your post regards your trust in your md. That is a very good starting point and hopefully will serve you well if you start questioning whether this drug works for you.
If there's one single "truth" that this website is a testimony to, it's that every single one of us has a unique biochemistry and cannot know in advance how one of these drugs will affect us. As your reading here may have already shown you, some go through insomnia while others deal with grogginess and 'over'sleep; some gain weight, other lose weight; etc etc. It's kind of amazing, but i guess cuz it is dealing with a system which is so pervasive that is also so idiosyncratic--each of us with a unique nervous system calibration, etc. etc.
Actually, your md might have told you that Effexor deals with two systems -- serotonin (SSRI) and also adrenal. Some here have said that the adrenal-system effects only 'kick in' once dosage levels reach 150 mg, but i'm guessing that that too is probably something that varies by individual.
I'm not much ahead of you in terms of time spent on Effexor, but i have tried other a-ds (anti-deps) in the past and i've read a lot of posters here going back to November when i was first prescribed Effexor but then i decided to postpone taking it and only started 2 weeks ago. And, given my past history of bad side effects on other such drugs, i decided to take only half the level my md. had prescribed, so I've been dividing the granules of each capsule in half and taking it twice as slow.
So i'm just now moving up to 37.5 -- as of Sat. night. Too soon for me to offer much personal experience except that i've had side effects but they've been manageable so far.
I'm writing to wish you well and, given the limits of my experience, to say i'd be happy to offer any more comments if you have more q's. I do my share of questioning here still too.

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